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ENVIRONMENT

YES NO

I CAN RECYCLE I CAN’T RECYCLE

The following items CAN be placed into your blue The following items CAN’T be placed into your blue
bags for recycling bags for recycling

Paper
Food or Garden Waste
• •
- Cardboard boxes, cardboard sleeves around - This is organic waste and can be placed in a
food packaging, toilet roll tubes and egg boxes. compost heap, worm farm or a Bokashi bin in
- Newspapers, magazines, telephone books order to make compost for your garden.
and flyers.
Multi-layers
- White office paper (printed or blank) and •
colourful paper.
- Dog food bags, cat food bags or washing powder
Cartons
• bags (these are a combination of plastic and foil
that cannot be separated for recycling).
- Cartons such as Tetra Pak e.g. long life milk cartons
Textiles
and juice cartons. •
Plastic
• - Clothing and other textile items
PET Food Packaging
- Plastic bottles and plastic bottle caps i.e. water or •
cold drink plastic bottles, plastic milk bottles as well
as bottles used for shampoo and cleaning agents. - Unless they have a number 5 symbol on them
- Margarine, butter and ice cream tubs. - Transparent muffin trays, transparent salad trays
- Soft plastic bags such as shopping bags, frozen and ready-made sandwich containers.
vegetable bags, milk bags and soft bread bags.
Batteries or Lightbulbs
- Hot chocolate and other similar plastic containers. •
- Polystyrene trays (if it is clean and dry) and ►
polystyrene used to package appliances etc. - These are classified as hazardous waste and can be
- Thick yogurt containers and feta cheese containers safely disposed of in receptacles at the entrance of
that have a triangle with the number 5 inside it. your local Woolworths and Pick ‘n Pay.
Medical or Sanitary Products
Glass
• •
- Glass bottles and glass jars (including the - Sanitary wear, nappies or medical waste such as
metal lids). syringes (especially not with needles).
Other
Cans
• •
- Food and beverage cans (both steel and - Any plastics that have a triangle with the number 7
aluminium) as well as aerosols. inside it.
- Tin foil and foil trays
E-waste
• For Further Questions Please Contact:
info@wholeearth.co.za
- Computers, printers, CPU’s, washing machines, 011 791 4537
dishwashers, fridges, freezers, telephones and
telephone wires. www.wholeearth.co.za

Please ensure that all recyclables do not have No sorting is required – Whole Earth Recycling
residual food waste or liquids in them. supports a community project consisting of 24
sorters that sort and sell the recyclable material in
order to generate an income for themselves.
26 Cornwall View • Issue 2 2021